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Case 1.
A 28 year old man visits his physician complaining of an intense, sharp pain in his back and
side. In a conversation with his physician, the patient confesses to eating a diet high in animal
proteins such as meat, cheese, and fish. Results of a complete urinalysis are shown below.
Chemical/Physical Analysis
Color
Yellow
Appearance
Clear
Specific Gravity
1.025
pH
5.0
Microscopic Analysis
>100 RBC/hpf
0-3 WBC/hpf
20-30 Bacteria/hpf
0-5 Squamous Epithelial Cells/hpf
Unidentified Crystals
Glucose
Protein
Ketones
Bilirubin
Negative
Trace
150mg/dL
Negative
Urobilinogen
Blood
Nitrite
Leukocyte
Normal
Large
Negative
Negative
Questions
1. Is there a discrepancy between the leukocyte and nitrite counts on the reagent stix compared
to the results reported in the microscopic analysis?
2. Is the presence of WBCs with bacteria clinically significant?
3. Suggest an explanation for blood in the urine.
Case 2.
A 10 year old boy, who recently recovered from a streptococcal infection, was taken to the doctor
with symptoms including fever, nausea, and malaise. Physical examination reveals edema
around the eyes and the knees. Blood tests reveal a decrease in serum complement. A routine
urinalysis reveals the following results.
Chemical/Physical Analysis
Color
Clarity
Glucose
Bilirubin
Ketones
Specific Gravity
Yellow
Hazy
Negative
Negative
Negative
1.015
Blood
pH
Protein
Urobilinogen
Leukocyte Esterase
Nitrite
Moderate
6.5
300mg/dL
Normal
Small
Negative
Microscopic Analysis
20-50 RBC/hpf
10-20 WBC/hpf
2-5 RBC casts/lpf
2-5 Granular casts/lpf
Questions
1. What is the significance of a positive leukocyte esterase?
2. How could there be a positive leukocyte esterase and a negative nitrite?
3. What is the significance of the presence of blood along with protein in the urine?
4. What disease are the results indicative of?
Case 3.
A 10-year old girl had a routine urine exam at the time of her school physical. Results follow:
Questions
1. Identify the abnormal test results highlighted
2. What is the most probable diagnosis for this patient? Support your answer (include in
your discussion the physical, chemical and microscopic findings).
3. Based on your diagnosis, what follow up testing should be done on this urine?
4. What single microscopic finding is most helpful in differentiating an upper UTI from a
lower UTI?
Case 4.
A 14-year-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his mother because he has had a fever
with shaking chills for the past day. On physical examination, he has a temperature of
39.6 C and has mild right costovertebral angle tenderness.
Macroscopic Urinalysis:
Microscopic Urinalysis:
Characteristic
Result
Color
Yellow
Appearance
Turbid
Leukocyte EsteraseCharacteristic
Result
3+
Nitrite
WBC/hpf
pH
RBC/hpf
Protein
Blood
Casts
Specific Gravity
Other
Ketones
>50/hpf
Pos
6.5
5-10/hpf
Neg
Many WBC
Neg
1.015
1+
Glucose
Neg
Bilirubin
Neg
Questions:
1. How do you explain the appearance of the urine? How do you relate this to other
findings?
2. What is the significance of the finding on physical examination?
3. Is there a relation between the color of the urine and the diagnosis?
4. What findings on microscopic urinalysis are of help in this case?
5. What is the suspected diagnosis?
6. What else should you do?
Case 5
A 34 year old Korean woman is admitted to the emergency room with the major complaint of
"not feeling herself." For the past week, she has been suffering from extreme fatigue and
headaches, but did not feel the need to have it checked out until she has noticed that her vision is
"a little fuzzy". When asked if she is taking any medications, she responds a low dosage birth
control, a women's daily multivitamin and prednisone for her systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE).
An urinalysis is ordered. The nurse notices that the urine has a "sweet" odor to it as she
conducts the point of care testing. The urinalysis results are:
Color
Yellow
Macroscopic Urinalysis:
Microscopic Urinalysis:
Appearance
Clear
Specific Gravity
1.010
pH
7.0
Protein
Questions
RBC 2-10/hpf
WBC 0-5/hpf
Trace
1. What is the diagnosis of this patient? What results from the urinalysis (both stix and
Glucose support
500your
mg/dL
microscopic)
answer?
2. Is it normal for a patient with SLE to have red and white blood cells in the urine? Why or why
not?
3. Does
the stix result
for leukocytes correlate with the microscopic findings? Why or why not?
Ketones
Small
4. Does the stix result for blood correlate with the microscopic findings? Why or why not?
Bilirubin
Case 6Blood
Negative
Negative
A 5-year-old boy usually drove his mother crazy by running around the house all day long, but
he has been lethargic for the past 2 weeks. On physical examination he is afebrile, but there is
Urobilinogen
mg/dL
puffiness
around his0.2eyes.
Nitrite
Negative
Leukocyte
Negative
Microscopic Urinalysis:
Macroscopic Urinalysis:
Characteristic
Result
Color
Yellow
Appearance
Hazy
Characteristic
Neg
Leukocyte Esterase
Nitrite
Protein
Neg
WBC/hpf
6.0
RBC/hpf4+
Blood
Casts
pH
Specific Gravity
Ketones
Other
Neg
1.020
Neg
Glucose
Neg
Bilirubin
Neg
Result
1-2/hpf
None
None
Occasional oval fat bodies
Questions:
1. What key abnormal finding is present? Just what does the dipstick measure here, and
what other test could be done on the urine?
2. What is suggested by the child's physical findings?
3. What other laboratory test(s) would be useful?
4. What is the diagnosis?